At age 59 no less. Preston had had a kidney trasnplant in 2002, but the organ began to fail him and put the artist into a coma last November. My fave Billy single has always been “Outa-Space” b/w “I Wrote A Simple Song.” It was in a pile of 45s of my older brother’s and I grooved to both tunes as a young lad. I shall refrain from any cliched sentiments such as “Get back to where you once belonged, Billy. RIP” and other such silliness. I will even refrain from a “Nothin’ From Nothin’ Leaves Nothin'” sentiment. Man, I still dig “I Wrote A Simple Song.” Those horns in it pwn.